ASPHODELACEAE: ALOOIDEAE FORMALIZING THE SYNONYMY OF BULBINE TRIEBNERI Klopper et al. (2008) reported on the conspecific status of Bulbine triebneri Dinter and B. alba Van Jaarsv., but neglected to formalize the synonymy of the later name under the earlier name, which takes priority under the rules of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (McNeill et al. 2006). This is now done here: Bulbine alba Van Jaarsv.: 37, 39 (2001). Type: Western Cape, 3221 (Ladismith): Little Karoo, Ockertskraal, shale ridge amongst loose fragments, (–CD), 1998, U. de Villiers Pienaar s.n. (NBG, holo.!). Bulbine triebneri Dinter in Poelln., Feddes Repertorium 52: 113 (1943). Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd. var. It is important to note that Bulbine alba is not considered to be a nomenclaturally superfluous name, as Van triebneri (Dinter) Baijnath: 348 (1977). Type: Namibia, 2818 (Onseepkans): Great Namaqualand, Eendoorn, east of Warmbath, (–DA), Dinter 7899 (B, lecto.!–K, photo.). Bothalia 39,1 (2009) 101 Jaarsveld (2001) did not include the type of B. triebneri in the circumscription of his taxon. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank Dr Dee Snijman from the Compton Herbarium for bringing the omission in the previous report to our attention and also Dr Hugh Glen from the KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium for his input and discussions about citing synonymy and the ICBN. MCNEILL, J., BARRIE, F.R., BURDET, H.M., DEMOULIN, V., HAWKSWORTH, D.L., MARHOLD, K., NICOLSON, D.H., PRADO, J., SILVA, P.C., SKOG, J.E., WIERSEMA, J.H. & TURLAND, N.J. (eds) 2006. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code) adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress Vienna, Austria, July 2005. Regnum Vegetabile 146:1–568. VAN JAARSVELD, E. 2001. South African succulent plants: two new species and two new combinations. Haseltonia 8: 37–41. VON POELLNITZ, K. 1943. Die Bulbine-Arten Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. Feddes Repertorium 52: 111–114. R.R. KLOPPER* and G.F. SMITH*+ REFERENCES BAIJNATH, H. 1977. Taxonomic studies in the genus Bulbine Wolf, sensu lat. Ph.D. thesis, University of Reading. Unpublished. KLOPPER, R.R., KLOPPER, A.W., BAIJNATH, H. & SMITH, G.F. 2008. Bulbine triebneri, an earlier name for Bulbine alba, as well as additional and new localities in the Eastern and Northern Cape Provinces of South Africa. Bothalia 38: 67–69. * Biosystematics Research and Biodiversity Collections Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X101, 0001 Pretoria. + Acocks Chair, H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Botany, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria. MS. received: 2008-08-13.